The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... Castle have changed places though they still retain their old names . Bishop is to this day called the Elephant by the people of India , the Persians , and the Arabs ; and the Rukh is nothing more or less than the Sanskrit Roka , " a ...
... Castle have changed places though they still retain their old names . Bishop is to this day called the Elephant by the people of India , the Persians , and the Arabs ; and the Rukh is nothing more or less than the Sanskrit Roka , " a ...
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... castle , so as to screen the besiegers in their operations of undermining the same . I have retained the Latin term Vinea or Vineæ as more convenient than the somewhat lengthy oriental name , and less ludicrous than our own homely word ...
... castle , so as to screen the besiegers in their operations of undermining the same . I have retained the Latin term Vinea or Vineæ as more convenient than the somewhat lengthy oriental name , and less ludicrous than our own homely word ...
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... Castle of Dunbar , just about the time of Timur's birth . This castle was defended by the celebrated Black Agnes , the Countess , who , according to Hollinshed , " used many pleasaunt words in jesting and tawnting at the enemies ...
... Castle of Dunbar , just about the time of Timur's birth . This castle was defended by the celebrated Black Agnes , the Countess , who , according to Hollinshed , " used many pleasaunt words in jesting and tawnting at the enemies ...
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... Castle , Tower , Tour , or Thurm , " come into use on this side of the Alps ? In accounting for such an anomaly as a tower on the Chess - board , people content themselves by saying that it originated from the castle on the elephant's ...
... Castle , Tower , Tour , or Thurm , " come into use on this side of the Alps ? In accounting for such an anomaly as a tower on the Chess - board , people content themselves by saying that it originated from the castle on the elephant's ...
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... castle ; " and this gave rise to their Torre or Cas- tello , thence came the Tour , Thurm , Tower , and Castle , now to be met with in most European languages . Yet there be some wise men who will have it that the Castle originated from ...
... castle ; " and this gave rise to their Torre or Cas- tello , thence came the Tour , Thurm , Tower , and Castle , now to be met with in most European languages . Yet there be some wise men who will have it that the Castle originated from ...
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